The climate in Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia is arid and humid. In most of the areas, evaporation rates are greater than precipitation rates. The region possesses the world record of highest shade temperature (58 degrees Celcius, at Al' Aziziyah, Libya). It has a desert climate, meaning that nights are cool or cold due to the lack of cloud covers. Most of the rainfalls are irregular due to the increasing rate of aridity. The seasonal southward shift of mid-latitude frontal weather systems causes the rainy winters of the coasts of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean lands. Rain and snow are created by the mountains of Turkey and Iran, because the high landforms force the air to rise. The snowfall in winter will melt in spring and feed the Tigris-Euphrates River system.
Climate
The climate in Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia is arid and humid. In most of the areas, evaporation rates are greater than precipitation rates. The region possesses the world record of highest shade temperature (58 degrees Celcius, at Al' Aziziyah, Libya). It has a desert climate, meaning that nights are cool or cold due to the lack of cloud covers. Most of the rainfalls are irregular due to the increasing rate of aridity. The seasonal southward shift of mid-latitude frontal weather systems causes the rainy winters of the coasts of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean lands. Rain and snow are created by the mountains of Turkey and Iran, because the high landforms force the air to rise. The snowfall in winter will melt in spring and feed the Tigris-Euphrates River system.
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